SAINT-MARC, HAITI: Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille embarked on a trip to the United Arab Emirates and Kenya on Saturday (Oct 6) to seek security assistance in the aftermath of one of the deadliest gang attacks in the Caribbean nation in recent years.
Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille visits victims of gang attacks at a hospital, in Saint-Marc, Artibonite, Haiti Oct 5, 2024, in this still image obtained from a video. SAINT-MARC, HAITI: Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille embarked on a trip to the United Arab Emirates and Kenya on Saturday to seek security assistance in the aftermath of one of the deadliest gang attacks in the Caribbean nation in recent years.
Conille said he would discuss with his counterpart in the United Arab Emirates"how we can find regular flows to help the Haitian national police to combat security". A spokesperson for Haiti's national police told Reuters on Friday evening that the director of police in charge of the Artibonite department had been replaced.
"One of the aims of this trip is to go to Kenya to discuss with President Ruto how we can speed up the deployment of remnants of the Kenyan troops as quickly as possible to continue supporting the national police force," Conille said.Gran Grif is the largest gang in Haiti's Artibonite department, according to security analysts. The region is home to many of Haiti's rice fields.
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